Portrait of Arthur Severus Nonsuch O'Toole
Maker
(artist)
1589/1590-1627 (Life dates)
1589/1590-1627 (Life dates)
Title
Portrait of Arthur Severus Nonsuch O'Toole
Date of Production
executed :
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 17.5 cm
Width: 13.6 cm
Width: 13.6 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5861.58
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper centre within image & recto : : ARTHURUS SEVERUS O TOOLE NONESUCH [colon] AEtatis 80. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre & recto : : 'Great Mogul's Landlord, of both Indies King, / Wose self-admiring fame doth loudly ring; / Writes fourscore Years, more Kingdoms he hath right to, / The Stars say so, and for them he will fight too [colon] / And though this worthless Age, will not believe him, / But clatter, spatter, slander, scoff, to grieve him; / Yet He and all the World in this agree, / That such another Toole will never be. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre & recto : : 'Great Mogul's Landlord, of both Indies King, / Wose self-admiring fame doth loudly ring; / Writes fourscore Years, more Kingdoms he hath right to, / The Stars say so, and for them he will fight too [colon] / And though this worthless Age, will not believe him, / But clatter, spatter, slander, scoff, to grieve him; / Yet He and all the World in this agree, / That such another Toole will never be. //
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